Illinois · Private foundation
Clune Cares Foundation Inc
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $859k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 136
- Grants FY2025
- 129
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 90%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $33,050
- Organizations funded a year
- 34 to 129
- FY2023 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 20
- Total assets, FY2025
- $483k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 90% of the organizations Clune Cares Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 81% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 136 | $859k | 54% |
| FY2024 | 129 | $673k | 90% |
| FY2023 | 34 | $315k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2023 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gateway for Cancer Research | $125,970 | 3 | 1% |
| Revolution Workshop | $81,850 | 3 | 1% |
| Hfs Chicago Scholars | $47,500 | 3 | 2% |
| Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago Foundation | $43,500 | 3 | 0% |
| American Heart Association Inc | $41,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Children's Specialized Hospital Foundation Inc | $40,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Harrington Cancer and Health Foundation | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Folds of Honor Foundation | $27,800 | 1 | 0% |
| Core Community Organized Relief Effort | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| International Cancer Advocacy Network | $25,000 | 1 | 2% |
Show all 190 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 34 recipients with no EIN on record ($233k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Clune Cares Foundation Inc supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Executive Construction Foundation · Katten Muchin Rosenman Foundation Inc · The Chicago Community Trust · United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc · Leopardo Charitable Foundation · Circle of Service Foundation · May and Samuel Rudin Family Foundation Inc · Cme Group Community Foundation F/K/A Nymex Foundation · Dr Scholl Foundation · Polk Bros Foundation Inc · United Way of the National Capital Area · The Witz Family Foundation
How this is measured
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About Clune Cares Foundation Inc
- How much does Clune Cares Foundation Inc give?
- Clune Cares Foundation Inc reported 136 grants totaling $859,342 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 34 and 129 organizations a year over FY2023 to FY2024.
- What does Clune Cares Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2023 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (31%), Human Services (11%), Education (9%).
- Who are Clune Cares Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2023 to FY2025: Gateway for Cancer Research ($126k), Revolution Workshop ($82k), Hfs Chicago Scholars ($48k).
- Does Clune Cares Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 90% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Clune Cares Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Clune Cares Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Executive Construction Foundation, Katten Muchin Rosenman Foundation Inc, The Chicago Community Trust.
- Where is Clune Cares Foundation Inc based?
- Clune Cares Foundation Inc is based in IL.
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